GoPro HERO6 Black Announced – Time to upgrade?

The HERO6 Black camera has arrived! During the company’s global launch, today, GoPro also announced updates for the Karma drone, the official launch of the 5.2K spherical Fusion camera and three new accessories

The new HERO6 Black features a custom engineered GP1 processor, 4K60 and 1080p240 video shooting and improved video stabilization; the most advanced in any GoPro camera. All designed to deliver higher-quality images. Additional enhancements include improved dynamic range and low-light performance, in addition to RAW and HDR photo modes.

GoPro Bite Mount + Floaty Accessory

The HERO6 Black has a rugged form factor and is waterproof to 33 feet, and when used with the GoPro app, users can share QuikStories short videos from smartphones; three times faster than previous GoPro cameras.

Getting an update is the compact and portable Karma drone. Compatible with the [just announced] HERO6 Black, the Karma has two new Auto modes: Follow mode follows the Karma Controller, framing the user in the shot, and Watch mode automatically keeps the Controller in the frame while hovering in place while rotating.

Top speed is 35 mph, with a maximum distance of up to 9,840 feet and a maximum flight altitude of 10,500 feet. The Karma has a 5-inch screen with 720p screen resolution.

Current Karma drone owners can get the new features via a firmware update, available now.

GoPro Also announced is the official release of the 5.2K spherical Fusion camera. Originally introduced as part of a pilot program, the mountable, waterproof camera is now available globally for creating immersive 5.2K30 and 3K60 spherical video content with 360 audio, as well as 18-megapixel spherical photos. Shooting modes include Time Lapse Video + Photo, Night Lapse and Burst, and the camera has gimbal-like stabilisation. A Fusion grip mount is included.

Additional features include:

GoPro app-compatible

OverCapture allows for traditional video creation from 360 footage

Waterproof to 16 feet

Works with most GoPro mounts

Voice control in 10 languages

GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope and compass incorporated

WiFi + Bluetooth compatibility

The new accessories introduced during the launch are the Shorty, a pocket-able extension pole/tripod, the updated Handler, a floating handgrip with a quick-release mounting feature, and the Bite Mount + Floaty, a versatile bite mount with a float, ideal for POV shooting.

Pricing & availability:

The GoPro Hero 6 Black is available immediately and comes in at £499.

See the press release in full below.

WITH HERO6, GOPRO SETS NEW BAR FOR IMAGE QUALITY, STABILIZATION AND SIMPLICITY

GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) today unveiled HERO6 Black, the most powerful and convenient GoPro, yet. Powered by GoPro’s custom-designed GP1 processor, HERO6 achieves an entirely new level of performance including stunning 4K60 and 1080p240 video and the most advanced video stabilization ever achieved in a GoPro. GoPro also launched Fusion, its bar-setting waterproof, mountable 5.2K spherical camera. Additionally, GoPro introduced new mounts and accessories plus a new Follow mode for its Karma drone.

“HERO6’s next-level image quality, video stabilization and three times faster QuikStories performance makes it a powerful storytelling extension of your smartphone,” said Woodman. “It’s never been easier to live it, then share it…using a GoPro.”

HERO6 BLACK

With stunning 4K60 and 1080p240 video packed into a rugged, waterproof, go-anywhere design, HERO6 Black and the GoPro App automatically transform your adventures into cinematic QuikStory videos you can share with the world. HERO6 also has dramatically improved dynamic range and low-light performance to really make things pop, and an added digital zoom just to get crazy.

QuikStories is an app feature that makes it easy to share short videos of your adventures. HERO6 is optimized for QuikStories with 3X faster WiFi. This means your footage will rapidly transfer from your GoPro to your phone where the GoPro App will automatically create QuikStory videos for you.

FUSION

With its ability to capture immersive 5.2K spherical content, GoPro Fusion marks the beginning of a new creative era. Fusion captures everything around you so you’ll never miss the shot, and gimbal-like stabilization makes it all shockingly smooth. Use the GoPro App to play back and share your footage as VR content or use the app’s OverCapture™ feature to recapture and share your spherical shot as a traditional fixed perspective video.

2K30 and 3K60 Spherical Video

18MP Spherical Photo

GoPro App Compatible

OverCapture Allows for Traditional Video Creation from 360 Footage

Advanced Stabilization

360 Audio

Waterproof to 16ft (5m)

Time Lapse Video + Photo, Night Lapse and Burst Modes

Works with Most GoPro Mounts

Includes Fusion Grip Mount

Voice Control in 10 Languages

GPS, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass

WiFi + Bluetooth

KARMA – Take the Lead. Karma will tag along

Karma is ready for HERO6 Black and features two new auto-shot paths: Follow and Watch. Using GPS, Karma can now automatically follow the Karma Controller while you’re on the go, keeping you framed in the shot. The Watch auto-shot path will keep Karma hovering in place while it rotates, keeping the Karma Controller in frame wherever it goes. Other new Karma updates include an expanded Cable-Cam auto-shot path and “Look Up” camera tilt capability.

Now HERO6 Black compatible

Follow – Follows the Karma Controller, framing you in the shot

Watch – Automatically keeps the Karma Controller in frame while hovering in place

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